Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
They are used to pain and disappointment in Dallas. It’s become as much a part of their winter as Super Bowls used to be. They know the red carpet is always likely to get pulled out from under their feet by the Cowboys just as they start to believe.
But this one felt different. This one was worse. This really might have been the Cowboys’ best opportunity in nearly three decades to get to a Super Bowl.
So it’s hard to imagine that Jerry Jones will let this go without making somebody pay.
That’s why all eyes and ears will be on the team’s 81-year-old owner in the coming days, after his Cowboys’ bitter, unexpected, inexcusable, 48-32 loss to the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card playoffs on Sunday. He made it clear he handed his coach, Mike McCarthy, a team that was, in his words, “certainly capable of winning the whole thing.” He was thrilled when they were set up for two potential home playoff games in a stadium where they had won 16 straight.
Then he sat there, with cameras on him, watching them blow it all in spectacular fashion.
That’s why McCarthy is suddenly sitting on the hottest seat in the country.
And Bill Belichick might be sitting by his phone.
“This seems like the most painful (playoff loss) because we all had such great expectation,” Jones said moments after it was over. “And we had hopes for this team and thought that we were aligned and in great shape. This is beyond my comprehension.”
And he added: “I’m floored.”
Will Mike McCarthy remain head coach of Cowboys after upset loss to Packers?
So was everyone. It was incomprehensible that the second-seeded Cowboys trailed 27-7 at the half, 41-16 after three quarters and 48-16 with six minutes to go before Dallas did some stat-padding against the Packers second team. They were so bad, AT&T Stadium sounded like Lambeau Field South, especially when Cowboys fans headed for the exits in the second half.
Jones, after the…
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